复活节英文小报8
The Easter Egg
As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the
Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The
exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was
centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by
The Easter Bunny Christians.
The Easter Bunny is not a modern
invention. The symbol originated with the
The date of Easter
pagan festival of Eastre. The goddess,
Prior to A.D. 325, Easter was variously celebrated
Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-
on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday,
Saxons through her earthly symbol, the
and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was
rabbit.
convened by emperor Constantine. It issued the Easter Rule
which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday
that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox.
However, a caveat must be introduced here. The "full moon" in the
rule is the ecclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the
fourteenth
day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the
ecclesiastical New Moon. It does not always occur on the
same
date as the astronomical full moon. The ecclesiastical
"vernal equinox" is always on March 21. Therefore, Easter
must be celebrated on a Sunday between the